Video Nasty: Dublin 1985, the moral panic over video nasties is at its zenith,Two i teens are trying to assemble a full collection of a banned list which will be worth a lot of money, One of them has embezzled the their schools debs ball money to fund their purchases, The other is contact with a girl in the middle of nowhere in the middle of middle England who has the missing tape. They decide to travel there along with the sister of the embezzler. There is homophobic and racist bullying plus the sister has been under pressure, the nature of which we only learn later. Their parents set out in pursuit but the three teens are soon set up for a murder and fall into the hands of a crazed fundamentalist family. Shades of the Wicker Man permeate the drama as killings multiply and medieval masked plague doctors roam villages and woods. A good laugh with plenty of horror and social commentary on the times and the moral panic. Six Episodes. Written by Hugh Travers and directed by Christopher Smith and Megan K Fox. 7.5/10.
On BBC iPlayer in the UK from 8 January 2025. It airs on Virgin Media Television in the Republic of Ireland from 20 January 2025.
